The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
WHOLE NO. 1875.

/ tiidt tfie NtSSel WAS ming ltSt- Ray
| quietly in nv bunk until daylight began
to show itself through the chinks in lay
door and window. Just then ] heard
several more shots fired. This made me
think that the captain and mates had
succeeded in barricading themselves in
| the cabin, and were still holding out. A
few hours passed without my hearing
any more sounds Then all of sudden
ii seemed to me as if the ship was sink
! ing. The mutineers,' | thought, have
killed the officers and have left in the
boats, leaving me to 20 down with the
ship Isprang TO the door and shook it
violently several times but it remained
fast. For few seconds / was out Of my
head with terror, and | yelled like q
mailman. Then | threw myself on the
deck
A moment later | heard some one
unfisten my door. | opened it and
sprang out on deck. Aft | saw the cap
tain. with his large oilskin coat on, di-
recting the men, who were getting ready
to launch the two boats The ship was
fast sinking and the decks now lay all
most at the waters edge.
"We'd forgotten all about you,' said
the sailor who had unlocked my door.
went aft and took hand in launch
ing the boats" As did so | heard the
captain say
Remember, men, that we must stick
by our agreement. You are to do your
best and the mates and are TO say
nothing about the mutiny. Quick, the
ship is sinking ana we'll be swamped
with her.
In moment the boats were over the
side. We were about to get into them
when Mike said TO the Captain;
Amt we going to have some of them
smuggled diamonds for helping you to
get them ashore, captain?"
" i have no diamonds,' replied the cap
tain Now that il is all over don't mind
telling you there really is a dead body
in that box. tried to put you fellows
off by saying that it contained diamonds
and silks.
Wen make sure of that, captain"
said Mike, who started toward the cabin
door with Tony.
"The captain drew his revolver and
pointed it at Mike. who stopped. So did
Tony.
"That box contains the body Of my
sister II must not be touched If you
want to live get into the boat " cried the
captain.
Mike, followed by Tony, climbed down
into the smaller of the two boats Then
six of the men, the steward, and the two
mates tumbled into the larger boat The
captain was about to follow when the
boat pushed off from the side. Then the
captain told me and the only remaining
sailor to get into the smaller boat, into
which ne followed us. We had juse
pushed away when the bark gave plunge
forward. keeled over to one side, and
sank. We narrowly escaped being
swanped by the sinking of the vessel
We could see the land about twenty
miles to leeward | noticed that the cap
tain didn't seem pleased at being in the
smaller boat along with Mike and Tony.
| thought that he was going TO hail the
big boat and have the mate change.
places with him; but when | looked
around | saw the other boat was making
rapidly for the land and was fast getting
beyond hailing distance. pulled the
stroke oar and just behind me was Tony,
who was next to Mike The captain urged
them 10 pull hard in order to keep Is
near as possible to the big boat, but the
two chaps took it easy and III an hour
the other boat was out of sight. / could
hear Tony and Mike whispering to each
other in low tones, but / could not make
out what they said. The captain in
steering the boat moved rather stifily, as
if his clothes didn't set easy on him.
got the idea that he must have something
slowed away about him. had no doubt
that the box contained diamondsand that
he had them about him. After we had
been about three hours in the boat Tony
jumped up and, pointing astern Of the
boat, cried " Look therei"
The captain turned around to look
and Tony sprang over me. ] saw the
blade of a stiletto flashing in his hand.
Quick as flash grappled him, and we
betn fell in the bottom of the boat. Mike
jumped toward us, but before he could
do anythiny the captain had got the still
etto out of Tonv's hand Then he cover
cd Tony with his pistol and made him
crawl back to his place behind me. The
captain kept his pistol out and made the
two mutineers row hard for several hours.
We were getting in close To the land
when coasting schooner came along
and picked us up. The captain said moth
ing about the mutiny. Late in the after
noon the schooner landed us in Bermuda
where we found the crew of the other
boat. The captain reported the loss ofthe
bark to the American consul, but said
nothing about the mutiny. Nearly all of
the crew shipped on vessels then in port.
The consul gave me passage ON steamer
that sailed for New York a sew days
after ward The captain came to see me
of, and handed me an order for $500 on
his New York agents. ut first told him
that couldn't take pay for helping him
to smuggle diamonds, but he said that
there was no law against his taking dia-
inands from England and landing them
in an English colony, and that probably
he would dispose of his diamonds before
coming TO America again. That over
come my scruples. With my $500 |
starte here in the junk line in "a small
way That, gentlemen, is the way |
started in bu siness. ."-N,w York Times.
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